Winners: Tyler Reddick (Cup); AJ Allmendinger (Xfinity); Grant Enfinger (Trucks); Chandler Smith (ARCA) plus Alexander Rossi (Indy Car)
NASCAR Cup
Tyler Reddick Scores Overtime Victory
The NASCAR Cup Series has a new road course conqueror.
Tyler Reddick survived a wild overtime battle against Ross Chastain — who, as it turned out, was under penalty for finagling the first corner — to win Sunday’s Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Reddick’s NASCAR Cup Series victory at the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course was his second this month, the second of his career and his second at a road course.
“Well, we just know what we’re capable of, and we did that at Road America,” said Reddick, who led a race-high 38 laps on Sunday. “Certainly, (the announcement) was a little bump in the road, but we went out and won a race fair and square a couple weeks ago, and if we change nothing, we keep working really, really hard, we find a way back to Victory Lane.
“Just really glad to be able to do it here in Indianapolis. This is one really special place to race, and really excited to kiss the bricks here in a little bit and really excited we got (sponsor) 3CHI their win in their hometown.”
Unreal. What a special day. We won at Indy!!! pic.twitter.com/at3DcIdjAR
— Tyler Reddick (@TylerReddick) August 1, 2022
Pole: Tyler Reddick
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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, Aug. 7 for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
NASCAR Xfinity
AJ Allmendinger Cruises to Xfinity Win
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff is still six races away, but AJ Allmendinger has already clinched one title.
With his victory in Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard, the driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet is the undisputed King of the Road.
Allmendinger was an irresistible force at the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. He led 42 of the 62 laps and overcame a fraught 25-second pit stop that dropped him from the lead to 13th for a restart on Lap 19.
The victory was Allmendinger’s third of the season — all on road courses — and his fourth win in the last five Xfinity Series races on circuits that turn right as well as left, dating to his triumph in last year’s fall event at the Charlotte Roval.
“I knew (Alex) Bowman was really good at the long runs, and so I tried to gap him as much as I could. God, I love Indy!”
“We gave up stage points a little bit there as well, to the guys we’re fighting for points,” Allmendinger said. “But you know what? Points don’t mean a damn thing — we’re kissing the bricks. Hell, yeah!”
Domination mode at @IMS! 🏁@AJDinger races his way to a 9️⃣th career #XfinitySeries road course win! pic.twitter.com/4uCpA1IKUt
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) July 30, 2022
Pole: AJ Allmendinger
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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, August 6 for the New Holland 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
NASCAR Trucks
Grant Enfinger Powers to Dramatic Truck Victory
Grant Enfinger picked a fine time to win his first race of the season.
Charging to the front on fresh tires after the TSport 200 went to overtime on Friday night, Enfinger passed Zane Smith for the lead on Lap 206 of 207 and went on to win the first event in the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs.
“We’ve just been off a little bit as an organization,” Enfinger said. “We’ve been working so hard because we’ve been sucking. It hurts to say it, but we’ve had a terrible season to this point. But we had a great Chevrolet all day. It felt like every time we got into the lead, a caution came out, and it put Hensley in a bad spot. I knew from experience to just trust his gut.”
🏁@GrantEnfinger kicks off the @NASCAR_Trucks Playoffs with an overtime win at @RaceIRP. pic.twitter.com/u9NiOmoHrN
— Chevrolet Motorsports (@TeamChevy) July 30, 2022
Pole: John H. Nemechek
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Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Saturday, August 13 for the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway.
ARCA
Chandler Smith, Truck Series Star, Rules IRP
It was a battle of two Smiths on Friday night at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
When the checkered flag waved, it was Chandler Smith who bested Sammy Smith to earn his first ARCA Menards Series victory of the season during the Reese’s 200 at the 0.686-mile asphalt oval. The event was also part of the Sioux Chief Showdown schedule.
The triumph also marked Chandler Smith’s third-straight ARCA Menards Series victory at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park dating back to 2019.
“Track position was pretty big,” said Chandler Smith, who is also one of 10 Playoff drivers who will battle for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship starting Friday night at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. “You wouldn’t think short track racing (that) aero matters, but it really does. After you’ve done some mile-and-a-half races in Trucks you start coming back and picking up on this a little bit.”
What a dominant performance for @CSmithDrive!
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) July 30, 2022
He wins the Reese's 200 at @RaceIRP for his 10th career ARCA victory. pic.twitter.com/5QOQdlBWZV
Pole: Sammy Smith
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Next Race: The ARCA Menard Series will return on Saturday, August 6 for the Henry Ford Health 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
Indy Car Series
Rossi Wins Gallagher Grand Prix To End Three-Year Dry Spell
The drought finally is over for Alexander Rossi.
Rossi won the Gallagher Grand Prix on Saturday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course to snap a 49-race winless streak, earning his first victory since capturing the NTT INDYCAR SERIES race June 23, 2019 at Road America, 1,133 days ago. This was Rossi’s eighth career victory.
“It’s a relief, man,” Rossi said. “It’s been so many things for so long. Thankfully something came our way.”
#INDYCAR // @AlexanderRossi pic.twitter.com/C2in30smbu
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 30, 2022
Pole: Felix Rosenqvist
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